SFDF Staff

SFDF has three permanent officials who work together to advise and support FDF on a broad range of issues and activities.

  • Flora McLean, Director of SFDF

    Flora McLean, Director of SFDF

    Flora was appointed Director of the Scottish Food and Drink Federation (SFDF) in May 1999, having worked for five years within FDF's Economics and Services Division in the London head office. SFDF is a devolved division of FDF.

    Flora represents SFDF on a number of bodies, including the Executive Group of Scotland Food and Drink, the new supply chain body; Improve Ltd's Stakeholder Strategy Group – Improve is the food and drink sector skills council); the Scottish Food Enforcement Liaison Committee (SFELC), a strategic advisory body to FSA Scotland; and the Education Food and Drink Partnership's advisory group, which is working to establish a Scottish Skills Academy. Flora is also Joint Secretary of the Scottish Parliament's Cross Party Group on Food, a role she shares with Mary Lawton of the Scottish Consumer Council.

    Prior to joining FDF, Flora worked in the Westminster Parliament (House of Commons) for five years. Flora is a graduate of both Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities.

  • Anne Boyd, Executive

    Greg McCracken, Executive

    My role in SFDF is to represent and promote the interests of the food and drink manufacturing industry in Scotland – primarily to the Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, FSA Scotland and Scottish Enterprise. I am responsible for ensuring that members are well informed about developments relating to food and drink that may affect their business interests and representing their views on a range of subjects. Areas of work include skills, transport and infrastructure, business growth, sustainable development and health and wellbeing. I also provide secretariat services to three SFDF Committees in conjunction with my SFDF colleagues.

  • Joan Creelman, Senior Administrator

    Joan Creelman, Senior Administrator

    My role in SFDF is to provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support for Flora McLean, Director of SFDF and Greg McCracken, SFDF Executive. I routinely compose the Director and Executive's correspondence, maintain a diary of meetings and organise travel and accommodation arrangements.

    My role also requires me to organise and co-ordinate arrangements for internal and external events such as SFDF Members' Forum and Suppliers' Forum and the organisation of SFDF's annual joint Symposium and Parliamentary Reception. I attend the meetings of the Members' Forum and Suppliers' Forum Meetings and produce draft Minutes for both.

    On a weekly basis I produce a report of Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, FSA Scotland, Scottish Enterprise and Scotland Food and Drink activities of relevance to the sector for team planning purposes. I upload circulars and newsletter items to the SFDF website and maintain a database of contact information to ensure accurate Committee and other lists.

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Last reviewed: 25 Jun 2008